Today, we looked at potatoes and tomatoes under the foldscope. Initially, we started with the easier bit of the potato: the peel. We started with viewing it at 50X: <img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/post_media%2Fy6TVdK1faEO44h5jkTH4XlzhJtw1%2Fnopid%2Fe2edem5su5_WhatsApp%20Image%202026-06-12%20at%2015.07.17.jpeg?alt=media&amp;token=09484bdf-d285-42ec-9cee-151e31e874f8"/> Then we viewed it at 140X and 340X: <img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/post_media%2Fy6TVdK1faEO44h5jkTH4XlzhJtw1%2Fnopid%2Fmtijj39wvx_WhatsApp%20Image%202026-06-12%20at%2015.07.16%20&#40;2&#41;.jpeg?alt=media&amp;token=a55ca4ac-a247-47ff-9844-a2d3a83b5484"/> Later, we did the tough part: the potato flesh. Viewing the potato flesh was a lot more advanced because we couldn&#x27;t see anything with the naked eye after rubbing the potato on the slide At 140X: <img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/post_media%2Fy6TVdK1faEO44h5jkTH4XlzhJtw1%2Fnopid%2Fl1hh11ww2j_WhatsApp%20Image%202026-06-12%20at%2015.07.16%20&#40;1&#41;.jpeg?alt=media&amp;token=957442b5-2291-4012-9ddb-216342e0abc1"/> At 340X: <img class="ql-image" src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/o/post_media%2Fy6TVdK1faEO44h5jkTH4XlzhJtw1%2Fnopid%2Fbrnk0806a3_WhatsApp%20Image%202026-06-12%20at%2015.07.16.jpeg?alt=media&amp;token=22ffd7ca-4f6d-4184-81ae-f96406cba220"/> I could not get many good pictures of the flesh at 50X. The potato had small, round cells invisible to the naked eye. It looks quite different at each magnification.

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